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Issue No. 25

In This Issue:• Sell Speed, Ease of Use and

Color with New Fiery FS150 Pro System

• The Key to a Profitable Print Operation Starts Here

• Fuel success with your Fiery server

• Produce great images in just one click

• Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite supported by Fiery Command WorkStation

• 2014 World of Fiery webinar series is still available

• All JDF-enabled Fiery servers now integrate with Prinect

• Deliver print jobs faster

Not a Fiery Certified Professional Yet? Enhance your knowledge of Fiery technology with the Fiery Professional Certification program.

What’s New? A lot! In this issue, we introduce new Fiery® technology with the new Fiery FS150 Pro codebase, new training, new ways to integrate, and a new preset to improve images with just one click. Stay current on everything that’s new in digital print by reading the articles below.

Sell Speed, Ease of Use and Colorwith New Fiery FS150 Pro SystemRead about the newest Fiery codebase for cut-sheet digital production systems, Fiery FS150 Pro.

HyperRIP

Fuel success with your Fiery serverYou bought a Fiery server to give you the best performance, color output, usability and integration to drive your business profitability. Learn more about its potential with the new Fiery brochure.

All JDF-enabled Fiery servers now integrate with PrinectFiery integration now covers the world’s top 3 prepress workflows: Agfa :Apogee, Kodak Prinergy and Heidelberg Prinect. See how this helps you drive both digital and offset presses for a hybrid workflow to solve today’s challenging print demands.

The Key to a Profitable Print Operation Starts HereWatch this 3-minute video and see how you can unlock the power of the Fiery Workflow Suite to make your production process more profitable.

2014 World of Fiery webinar series is still availableThe live webinar series is over for this year. But you can still improve your productivity, quality and profitability; and reduce your operational costs. Listen to the recordings and enjoy the free resources we shared during the 2014 sessions.

Produce great images in just one clickThe free Fiery Image Boost preset lets you produce brighter, cleaner and more pleasing images with just one click. Learn more.

Deliver print jobs fasterSee how Fiery technology delivers innovative makeready solutions that can help you be more productive.

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite supported by Fiery Command WorkStationEFI released a new version of the Fiery Extended Applications Package to provide support for Mac OS X 10.10. Read more.

Learn how to create custom output profilesWatch this new video and see how to achieve accurate color by using the new Express Profiler module to create custom output profiles.

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The key to a profitable print operation starts hereFiery Workflow Suite is a comprehensive set of integrated products that enable you to produce more from your print engines. It gives you:

• Streamlined and automated workflows

• The ability to quickly adapt to changing customer demands

• More ways to grow your business with new higher-profit, value-added services

The new Fiery Workflow Suite video gives you a closer look at your production process. It also shows you how you can use Fiery Workflow Suite products to increase your profit while meeting today’s demands. And how to build in flexibility to adapt to future market needs.

Start Now

Watch the 3-minute video to start unlocking the power of your Fiery server today.

Visit the Fiery Workflow Suite Web page for additional information on its modular components and to download additional literature.

Learn how to create custom output profilesWatch a new Fiery Color Profiler Suite video that describes the importance of output profiles and how to easily create a custom colour output profile with the all new Express Profiler module.

Offer no-compromise colour

To learn how you can offer uncompromising colour quality, visit the Fiery Color Profiler Suite website to download additional resources.

Sell speed, ease and color with Fiery FS150 Pro systemEFI™ issued a press release announcing the newest Fiery® codebase for cut-sheet digital production systems, Fiery FS150 Pro. The new Fiery FS150 Pro system delivers the fastest, most intuitive and integrated front end for digital print engines. Print providers can produce high-margin print jobs and personalized communications with the high-quality color, automated workflows and standard productivity-boosting tools — or add optional features for even more advanced functionality.

The EFI Fiery FS150 Pro digital front end (DFE) offers:

• Higher performance

• Unsurpassed image quality

• More job automation

• Seamless integration with EFI’s market-leading MIS/ERP software, eCommerce/Web-to-Print products and scheduling tools

• Support for APPE 3.0, Adobe’s latest PDF-native rendering platform

• Fiery API support for development of custom applications and tools to meet specific user needs

Since then, FS150 Pro has received good press coverage with journalists and analysts reporting on the release:

• Output Magazine article

o Fiery FS150 Pro takes EFI’s DFE to a new level

• Print + Publishing article from Poland http://www.printernet.pl/

• Digital Dots article in the Spindrift newsletter at http://digitaldots.org/thenewissueofspindrift

• Print Monthly from the UK: EFI advances with Fiery DFE

• Coverage in WhatTheyThink eNewsletter: EFI Announces its Most Advanced Digital Front End Platform with Fiery FS150 Pro

• InfoTrends daily eServices newsletter, May 19th: EFI Announces Fiery FS150 Pro its Most Advanced Digital Front End Platform

For More Information

For more information on new and updated features of the Fiery FS150 Pro system, read the whole press release and visit:

• efi.com to download the FS150 Pro Product Guide

• Fiery Go page

• PANTONE® page

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Fuel success with your Fiery serverYou bought a Fiery® server to give you industry-best performance, color output, usability and integration to drive your business profitability.

Now learn more about the potential of your Fiery server with the new Fiery brochure.

Are you making the best of your Fiery investment?

The new Fiery for Production brochure gives you a comprehensive overview of Fiery servers and the reasons why they’re the best choice for any print production environment.

Find out about integrated tools and options that add value from productivity and usability to color and integration. The Fiery for production brochure describes the features and the tangible benefits of leveraging the industry-best technology Fiery servers offer.

Download your copy now.

Take a look at the brochure to see how to fuel your production success.

Produce great images in just one click

If you’re looking for a way to produce differentiated output with minimum effort, the free Fiery® Image Boost preset is for you. It’s easy to produce brighter, cleaner and more pleasing images — plus smoother vector gradients. You’ll notice the difference with better-looking documents you can produce with just one click.

See how much better images can look with just one click with the free Fiery Image Boost preset.

Create magic with a mouse click

Go to the Fiery Image Boost webpage to download the preset with step-by-step instructions on how to install it.

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite supported by Fiery Command WorkStationEFI released a new version of the Fiery Extended Applications Package (including Command WorkStation) to provide support for Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) on all client applications.

Existing Command WorkStation v5.5 and above users can update to this new version using the Fiery Software Manager application. Another way to download the Fiery Extended Applications Package is to visit the CWS 5 website. For more information, download the Release Notes.

2014 World of Fiery webinar series is still available

Between April and November, Fiery® subject-matter experts presented a total of nine live webinar sessions. They featured valuable information for color professionals, and for owners and managers of print businesses and in-plant/CRD operations on the following topics:

• Color management

• Variable data printing

• Print job preparation

• Print job management and automation

On November 12, we held our final session for the year – Tips and Tricks for Fiery Command WorkStation® – for an audience of more than 600 people. Here is a sampling of the feedback from the audience at the end of the session:

• Excellent. Even though I’ve been using Command WorkStation for many years, I picked up a few new features I just have not had time to explore. Great job!

• Very detailed and informative. Answered a lot of questions.

• Learning more about Fiery every time I watch one of these classes. Keep up the good work.

• There were just so many great tips on how to use the Fiery server. It was great.

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Review the 2014 webinars

More World of Fiery webinars will be available in 2015, providing even more actionable tips for improving your productivity, quality and profitability; and reducing your operational costs. In the meantime, we invite you to listen to the recordings and enjoy the free resources we shared with the audience during the 2014 sessions. You can find it all at the following landing pages:

• Color management webinars

o 3 Key Steps to Get the Right Color the First Try

o The ABCs of Producing the Best Match for Spot Colors

o Best Practices for Matching Industry Color Standards

• Variable data printing webinars

o The Business of VDP: How to Get Started and Grow Your Profits

o Ten Ways that Fiery Tools Make VDP Easy

• Print job preparation webinars

o Foolproof Preparation of a Digital Print Job

o Take Document Layout to the Next Level

• Print job management and automation webinars

o Automating Job Submission: 5 Ways to Increase Your Efficiency

o Tips and Tricks for Fiery Command WorkStation

All JDF-enabled Fiery servers now integrate with PrinectHeidelberg Prinect integration with EFI™ Fiery digital print servers creates a single workflow management system for offset and digital printing. The hybrid workflow provides a significant impact on efficiency in many production scenarios:

• Long or short job run length

• A mix of static and variable components

• To create a quick proof with a digital press for longer offset press runs

Each job can be routed to the most cost-effective device on the fly, from the same familiar Prinect user interface.

Prinect integrates the traditionally separate areas of management, prepress, press and postpress; automates the entire printing process and boosts your print shop’s profitability. Integration of all these processes leads to more efficient production workflows, offers greater transparency, and accelerates the job flow. This helps unlock your print shop’s full potential for rationalization and optimization.

By adding JDF-certified Fiery Driven™ digital presses, Prinect users not only leverage your current conventional prepress systems but also maximize the value of the investment by adding capabilities to further integrate with business management systems such as Web-to-Print and Print MIS.

Learn how to integrate more with Fiery technology

See how you can drive digital and offset presses for a hybrid workflow to solve today’s challenging print demands. Find out about Fiery integration for the world’s top 3 prepress workflows: Agfa :Apogee, Kodak Prinergy and Heidelberg Prinect.

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Deliver print jobs faster

The makeready process can consume time and resources. Fortunately, Fiery® technology delivers innovative solutions to help you be more productive.

See a PODi product briefing

PODi* reviewed Fiery makeready tools and released a workflow product briefing video for Fiery JobMaster-Impose. The briefing provides a comprehensive product overview, an independent perspective of the strengths and risks and 4 short videos that cover:

• A solution overview

• Setting up business cards, VDP postcards and personalized documents with automated workflows

• Using JobMaster to build a bleed-edge tab catalog

• Programming a manual with multi-bank tabs

In addition, a Fiery Webinar shows practical ways to streamline the makeready process with the latest tools on the market — Fiery JobMaster, Fiery Impose and Fiery Graphic Arts, Premium Edition — all part of the Fiery Workflow Suite.

Learn how to cut time in the makeready process

Take a look at the briefing and see how to stop wasting time in makeready.

Then see how you can take advantage of the full Fiery Workflow Suite to grow your business potential in this video.

Or learn more about how you can use the tools in these Fiery Webinars:

• Foolproof preparation of a digital job

• Take document layout to the next level

*PODi, Digital Print Initiative is a global member-supported organization. Its goal is to drive demand for marketing applications powered by digital print and help members build successful digital print businesses.